November 2009 – On the Continent chestnuts and fungi go hand in hand... British autumns may be synonymous with the fruit of the horse chestnut, but the rest of Europe attention is much more … [Read more...] about Wild food – Chestnuts
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Wild food – Chanterelles
July 2009 – Chanterelles – or girolles to give them their French culinary name – begin to flush in July and continue to flush regularly well into October... Cantharellus cibarius is one of … [Read more...] about Wild food – Chanterelles
Wild Food – Birch Sap Wine
Many edible mushrooms have symbiotic relationships with birch, but the tree itself can provide a delicious product . . . This tree’s sobriquet ‘silver’ is a comparatively recent invention – often … [Read more...] about Wild Food – Birch Sap Wine
Wild food – Alexanders
April 2009 - For centuries Alexanders was cultivated as a delicacy, but now grows wild in hedgerows and on waste ground alongside equally wonderful fungi... This lush green plant, is frequent along … [Read more...] about Wild food – Alexanders
Wild food – St George’s mushroom
Although most people associate wild mushrooms with Autumn, when the bulk of the wild bounty such as porcini, chanterelles, parasols and blewits are at their most plentiful. The fungi-phile does not … [Read more...] about Wild food – St George’s mushroom